The secrets of my 30 pound weightloss journey

It's been almost a month since my last post on Nina's Style Blog and it felt like a century for me. The reason I had to take a breack was that I decided to fully focused on myself, on my weight loss and healthy lifestyle. You may remember my post about how I lost 18 pounds without going to gym or dieting (if not, you can read it here: How I lost 18 pounds without dieting or going to gym) and since it was one of the most popular and most viewed posts on Nina's Style Blog, I thought I would share with you guys how I continued my journey to my goal weigh.

Downtown New York

This was me last summer, in Disneyland, before I started my journey, but my weight loss didn't start last year though. I, actually lost total 30 pounds in last 5 months.

After I lost 18 pounds, soon it was my daughter's 6th birthday on May 25th that we celebrated in her favorite kid's birthday place. I was so excited that I decided to forget about high fructose corn cyrup and enjoy a slice of the birthday cake or two, thinking that it could not be a big deal and next day I would go back to my reality. But unfortunately, it took me a few weeks to completely quit eating any kind of sweet (except fruit) just like I used to before the birthday party. (you know how it feels when you eat piece of chocolate or cookie, promising yourself it's gonna be the last piece that you are eating, but you forget next day, haha)

Those few weeks made me realize that any kind of sweet is like a drug for me, once I eat it, it becomes extremly difficult to quit not only mentally, but phisically too, because I get headaches right after I quite sweet, that continues for about 10 days or so. It's emberessing to admit that I gained back half of those lost pounds.

I knew, that I had to do something to find the willpower again to look at the dessert in front of me and don't eat. It might sound silly, but I started listening to my favorite music that I used to listen back home, that reminded me my life when I was skinny, and it made me miss my(old)self so much that surprisingly, it helped me find a power in myself, not to eat any sweet when I was giving to my daughter for the dessert.
Now, you can eat a slice of cake or some yummy ice cream in front of me, and I will not want to try any. Those of you who follow me on Instagram must have seen in my Instastories all this yumminess but I didn't even want to try.

Icecream and cakes at the local cake shop in Manhattan, New York

Icecream, coffe and cake __ everything was in front of me, when we went to a local bakery two days ago, but I didn't even want to taste them, (I was very proud of myself haha)

Once I saw, I was back on right track, I started jogging in the mornings for additional motivation. This month I went back to gym because it was too humid to workout outside, and I'm glad I did. I basically do cardio and Zumba at least 5 days a week and I can't imagine my life without it anymore.
The journey is not finished yet, I want to loose at least 25 more pounds but I am confident, I can do it.

This was all for today, if you have any question or would like me to post about my eating or fitness routine, feel free to ask me in the comments below.
Wish you all a fabulous day.

P.S
I'm going on vacation, beauties. I will be back on Monday, August 14th with my travel posts, so make sure you will come back to see my travel diaries.
Meantime, you can follow me on Instagramto see my InstaStoriesfrom Italy.

It sounds like you are doing an amazing job and you do so well to exercise 5 days a week! For me, I struggle to find the time to fit everything in and going to the gym is often something that suffers. I definitely need to start making it more of a priority if I want to be in better shape for when I get married next year! x

I totally understand you, it's not easy to find time for everything. I, personally, go to the gym early mornings, that way I don't waste too much time during a day. Good luck with your fitness goals , dear. xx

I totally feel you. I have the same sugar craving. I can't resist them at all and in order for me to lose weight I have to skip meals not the desserts. Would you like to follow each other on bloglovin or GFC? Follow me and I'll follow you back http://www.easys-tyle.com/

Congratulations!! I love zumba and it is the only exercise I really enjoy doing, I wanted to do a zumba class every day and I also joined them on Saturdays, it was that good!!! I need to start again in September :)

Congratulations on this lb loss and for inspiring us to get moving and doing. I like walking outside but its way too humid like you stated and I currently hate the gym or is that just a convenient excuse I came up with. You look great girl!

Wow you really look great! I love the before and after. And yes it is very true about sugar when you eat you crave it and then once yous stop, especially after a week or two your body stops craving it and you stop thinking about it. Sugar is bad for you on so many levels.

You look amazing! It's normally always like this, we lose and then we get back some of the pounds we lost... so well done for this journey, you really inspired me, since I put on a lot of weight 6 years ago (both my parents died) and I did need it at the time, too much pain. But now I am much better and need to lose that weight :) You really inspired me! Hope you have a very lovely day!DenisesPlanet.com

I know about your parents loss, Denise, I've lost my father years ago and I totally understand, how devastating you could feel about the loss, that could easily make people loose controle of themselves whether in eating habits or in some other way. But I'm glad you are in better place now, and I'm happy to hear that my story inspired you. If I could do it , you can definitely do it too. Good luck on you weigh loss journey and please let me know if you have any questions about it. have a nice day, my dear.

A great post and thanks so much for sharing this personal post. You look fantastic and keep going! I'm slender but I have a sweet tooth, it's more health for me to try to cut down on sugars rather than weight loss, however I think working out in general daily is a great way to go! It's great for the mind body and soul.

Great post! I have a hormonal imbalance which made me put on a lot of weight all of a sudden and I`m trying to cope with it. You`ve really inspired me and I really hope I`ll be just as successful as you.

You can definitely do it, it looks impossible at the begining but it's actually not that difficult. Every week I was seeing the results that was motivating me more. Good luck dear, I know you can loose weight too, as long as you will focus on it and work for it.

You most certainly can do it and you will do it, I can't wait to the follow up for this post :) Reading your journey is very inspiring and I know you've helped to motivate so many of your readers by sharing your story and being so open about your struggles and how you've overcame them. Thanks for sharing, beauty, and I hope you have a great day!

Thanks so much Jalisa, I'm so glad, my story is motivating for other people, because I want everyone felt good about themselves (just like I feel about myself right now) and if they can change their lifestyle after reading this post, I can't be happier. Have a lovely day, beautie. xx

Wow babe! Talk about will power! I have a maajor sweet tooth and have such a hard time eliminating it completely. I eat some kinda of bad thing at least once a day. It should be a lot less than that. You look amazing btw and congrats on such an accomplishment!

Thanks for sharing this inspirational post, Nina, and Congratulations on your weight loss! You look amazing!I really need to work on my willpower as I can't resist anything sweet!Enjoy your travels and I can't wait to see your posts!Julia xhttp://www.thevelvetrunway.com

Thanks for sharing your story! You are such an inspiration! I find it difficult to stay away from anything sweet too. I just couldn't go on a day without a slice of cake or ice cream or my favorite leche flan. But I am trying to cut down on my intake and trying to eat healthy. I don't want to deprive myself of the good food available out there but I think my blood sugar is already high so I need to cut down.